“I don’t think St. Augustine is very food truck friendly,” said Jennifer Klein who runs Up in Smoke BBQ.

When Jeff and Genie McNally were offered an opportunity to take over a larger spot in St. Augustine, it was an instant game changer.

Historic City News has learned that Skinner Bros Realty Co. will be building a 54,000-square-foot Publix in the Moultrie Square Shopping Center in St. Augustine as part of a “large-scale enhancement project” of the center.

When interviewed on CBS 47 Action News in Jacksonville and asked about the Visitor and Convention Bureau’s report that there are many hotel rooms downtown still available for the 450th, ranging from $129-$460 per night, Dana Ste. Claire replied, “The economic impact that we hope to measure is probably going to be gauged in a different way.”

One topic of recurring interest to Historic City News readers is the disposition of some $5 million annually collected by landlords and hoteliers in St Johns County in the form of a 4% tourism development tax collected on lodging and short-term property rentals.

System status at HISTORIC CITY NEWS in St Augustine

This weekend, one account on our hosting system became the target of a denial of service attack from a group in Southeast Asia. After employing brute force techniques, the computerized script apparently cracked a minor password that is used for maintenance on our backend.